After spending the last two days hunkered down with his front bench roster in a Winnipeg hotel conference room, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to wrap up his extended strategy session later this morning, but not before heading behind closed doors for a final round of candid discussions on his government’s to-do list for the upcoming sitting.

Among the topics covered during those closed-door conversations: The pledge to bring in “stronger gun control,” which, as iPolitics’ own Victoria Gibson reports, was on the meeting agenda yesterday morning, courtesy of Public Safety Minister Bill Blair.

Speaking with reporters on Monday afternoon, Blair suggested that at least some elements of the plan could be introduced “in the near future,” including the commitment to bring in a blanket ban on “military style assault weapons.”

Trudeau can likely expect to be pressed for more details on exactly what that might mean — as well as what, if anything, emerged from the sessions on climate change and “pressing global affairs” — at his closing press conference, which is scheduled to take place at 10 AM EDT.

He should also be ready for questions on his government’s hoped-for timeline for ratifying the new North American trade deal, which, as per House Leader Pablo Rodriguez, is an “absolute priority,” given the fact that both the United States and Mexico have now formally signed on to the deal, although he’ll need to secure the support of at least one opposition party in order to fast track the enabling legislation through the Commons.

And while most ministers will likely be jetting back to the capital to get ready for the pre-sitting caucus meeting, which gets underway tomorrow, two Team Trudeau members are planning to hit the local ministerial circuit after the cabinet confab winds down: Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, who is booked in for a noon appearance at the Forks Market to unveil fresh federal support for Manitoba 150 and Seniors Minister Deb Schulte, who will team up with local Liberal MP Dan Vandal to highlight how her government “is contributing to the well-being of seniors.”

Also booked in for a pre-sitting prep session: The Bloc Quebecois caucus, whose members will hold a one-day retreat in Montreal.

Meanwhile, Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May joins Nanaimo Green MP Paul Manly for a mid-morning media briefing in Victoria to update reporters on Manly’s weekend visit to Wet’suwet’en territory, where he met with Indigenous leaders and activists at the centre of a standoff over the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline extension.

According to the advisory, the duo will formally call on the RCMP to “stand down in respect for Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ constitutional role,” and emphasize the need to “de-escalate tensions.”

Finally, against the backdrop of anti-pipeline protests in northern British Columbia, the Canadian Energy Regulator will dedicate two days of hearings on a proposed pipeline expansion in central Alberta to “Oral Indigenous Knowledge,” which, according to the notice, will allow local First Nations to “provide relevant information” that “cannot always be shared meaningfully in writing.”